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Raj Atluru

Investor

Managing Director at Element Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Raj Atluru is Managing Partner at Activate Capital, where his investments include Generate Capital, Altana AI, Voltus, Omnidian, Muon Space, Nozomi Networks, FLEXE, and Ridecell, and he serves as a board member at Muon Space. Over 30 years he has founded three private investment firms focused on energy and infrastructure—Activate Capital, Silver Lake Kraftwerk, and DFJ Element—and from 2000 to 2011 was a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, where he founded the firm's cleantech and India investment practices. He holds BS and MS degrees in Environmental Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University, and has previously worked as a Sandia National Labs research associate, an Aspen Fellow, and founder of the nonprofit Spotlight Foundation.

Experience

  1. Muon SpaceBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  2. Lunar EnergyBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  3. Altana TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentNew York, United States
  4. Activate CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  5. Voltus, Inc.Board Member & Advisorcurrent2017 — present
  6. GenerateBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  7. RidecellBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
  8. Nozomi NetworksBoard Observercurrent2018 — present
  9. FlexeBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  10. Silver Lake KraftwerkFounder & Managing Director2011 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Draper Fisher JurvetsonManaging Director2000 — 2011

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityBS, MS, MBA, Environmental Engineering / Business1987 — 1997

Skills & more

Venture Capital99Corporate Development54Start-ups74Management17Due Diligence18Angel Investing19Entrepreneurship37Mergers & Acquisitions24Cleantech8Private Equity75Business Development13Strategic Partnerships18
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Head at WIND Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Altana Technologies8

Marguerite BensonSenior Advisor at Audere CapitalEvan SmithAdvisor at Commonweal VenturesMo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One VenturesNick KingsburyPartner at Amadeus Capital PartnersBlanca SastreAnalyst at Extension FundJoshua SteinbergManaging Partner at Diagram Collective

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Also worked at Voltus, Inc.3

Selina TobaccowalaVenture Partner at Lobby CapitalTim WoodwardManaging Director at Prelude VenturesLarsh JohnsonExecutive in Residence at Earthshot Ventures

Also worked at Generate16

Mark TerbeekPartner at GreycroftElyssa PedoteDirector of Talent at GreycroftRichard KauffmanFund I Chair, New York Energy Czar; Chair, Generate Capital at Overture ClimateMichael HuertaVenture Partner at Contrarian VenturesHarsi ThethiInterim CFO at Generate CapitalNatalie VolpeDirector, Investments at Wollemi Capital

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Also worked at Nozomi Networks6

Glenn SolomonInvestor at GGV CapitalOren YungerInvestor at GGV CapitalBarmak MeftahGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesJohn ToughCo-Founder & Managing Partner, Member of Investment Committee at Energize VenturesJuan MuldoonPartner — Co-Head of Ventures at Energize VenturesBilal ZuberiFounder and Managing Partner at Red Glass Ventures